The days when I opened a tavern in Zongwu

Chapter 11

In the courtyard, Li Changqing only stopped after leaving dozens of "sword marks" on the snow with the wooden stick in his hand.

Lowering his head slightly and looking at the straight stick in his hand, Li Changqing felt that it would feel better to swing the stick in a weedy place in the suburbs.

After thinking for a while, Li Changqing did not send the stick to the kitchen to use as firewood, but put it directly into his house.

"What if one day a martial arts secret book related to swordsmanship is issued from the system? If I don't have a suitable sword, it would be good to use this wooden stick to enjoy it."

"How about you find some connections and spend some money to see if you can get some martial arts training from the three Changqing gangs?"

However, this idea was rejected by Li Changqing as soon as it came up.

The three gangs of the Changqing Gang are just unpopular forces in the world.

Moreover, the cultivation levels of the leaders of the three gangs are only at the fourth level of the Acquired Heaven Realm.

How can such a force have any decent martial arts skills? It probably won't have much effect after practicing.

What's more, Li Changqing had already spent a lot of money to purchase "Basic Internal Skills and Mental Techniques".

Now if he spends another sum of money to buy some low-level martial arts skills, it will always look like Li Changqing is stupid and has too much money.

At that time, it may cause some unnecessary trouble.

Thoughts were running through his mind. It was snowing outside. Under the eaves, Li Changqing was leaning against the door, holding a wine bottle and occasionally sipping lightly.

If Li Changqing admires the snow, then Lianxing on the wall in the courtyard admires the people.

Seeing the quiet and picturesque scene of leaning against the door under the flying snow, Lian Xing's beautiful eyes twinkled, and she actually felt a little intoxicated.

When it got dark again, Li Changqing entered a room and took out some lanterns.

When the sky darkened completely, a lantern was hung next to almost every pillar under the eaves.

The cold wind howled, but it was difficult to blow out the candlelight inside through the paper outer cover of the lantern.

The candlelight from dozens of lanterns illuminated half of the courtyard.

Even standing inside the main house, you can watch the falling snow.

Huang Rong walked out of the kitchen carrying a wooden tray with delicacies on it, and her eyes fell on the lanterns around her from time to time.

After entering the main room and putting the dishes on the table, Huang Rong asked in a puzzled tone: "Why did the young master order so much white wax?"

After hanging the newly lit lantern in his hand on the pillar, Li Changqing said smoothly: "I don't like it to be too dark at night. It will be more comfortable if the house is brighter."

Habits are often the hardest thing to change.

Although it is already a new life, some habits from the previous life have been deeply rooted in the bone marrow.

Li Changqing was still a little unhappy about the situation in ancient times when the sky darkened and he couldn't see his fingers.

Huang Rong glanced at the bright lanterns in the room and said, "But if you use them like this, you will spend too much money in one night!"

Although on Peach Blossom Island, the house is lit with dozens of candles at night, but that is because there is no shortage of money.

In the land of Kyushu, the rivers and lakes and the imperial court have always been distinct.

But chivalry breaks the law with force. When a person's strength far exceeds that of others, his character and behavior cannot be judged by ordinary people.

Among warriors, when their cultivation reaches the Grand Master level, one person can be worth a thousand riders.

If the strength of those who can enter the realm of heaven and human has reached the realm of transformation, they can easily obtain the heads of enemy generals in the midst of thousands of troops.

There are five countries in the land of Kyushu, and each country needs to defend itself against other countries. If their own warriors continue to go around and oppose the imperial court, the consequences can be imagined.

Naturally, if the warriors were simply bound by the laws of the imperial court, it would inevitably lead to a lot of discomfort.

For this reason, all countries pursue divide and rule.

Divide local taxes into two parts, 70% of which belongs to the imperial court, and the other 30% belongs to the local Jianghu forces responsible for it.

From then on, if there are people in various places who want to establish their own power, they must report it to their superior power and the court will record it uniformly.

Just like the Hanshan City where Li Changqing is located, it falls under the jurisdiction of the top power, Tianlongmen. The other first-class forces need to be managed by Tianlongmen, and 30% of the profits of all first-class forces must be handed over to Tianlongmen every year.

The other first-rate forces are the second-rate forces within their respective spheres of influence, going down one by one and interlocking with each other.

This method of letting go allows warriors in the world to fight among themselves.

The imperial court only needs to be responsible for connecting with the top forces. If anything happens, it is enough to hold these top forces accountable as soon as possible.

Huang Yaoshi is one of the Five Ultimate Masters and the greatest master in the Song Dynasty.

Although Peach Blossom Island does not have many disciples, it is also a first-rate sect.

There is nothing to worry about such things as money.

Even if you use white wax to light up half of Peach Blossom Island every day, it will be fine.

But for ordinary people, how can it stand up to this kind of usage?

As if he knew Huang Rong's thoughts, Li Changqing said: "I made these white waxes myself before. The method used is different from those on the market, and the cost is not high."

There are only three ways to make white wax in the land of Kyushu.

The first one is extracted and refined from honeycombs, called beeswax, also known as yellow wax.

The second type is made by refining animal oils such as lard.

The third type is made from the secretions of waxworms.

No matter which one of the three methods is used, the cost is high. The cost of buying a candle from the market is enough for an ordinary person to live for several days.

Therefore, even though the light brought by a candle is far better than that of an oil lamp, ordinary people still use oil lamps as lighting at home at night.

The candles in Li Changqing's home are tallow candles made of tallow wood, not white wax bought from the market.

When made in batches, the cost per night is not much more than lighting a few oil lamps.

Huang Rong was surprised and said: "Sir, can you still make white wax?"

Li Changqing nodded and said, "It's not difficult! I'll teach you how to make it later when the house is about to run out."

After the chat, Huang Rong handed the chopsticks to Li Changqing and sat down to wait for Li Changqing's evaluation after tasting.

After trying several dishes on the table, Huang Rong asked, "How is it?"

Putting down his chopsticks, Li Changqing shook his head and said, "The heat is still a little off."

Huang Rong looked disappointed, "Huh? The heat is still wrong!"

Li Changqing smiled softly, and then said to Huang Rong: "Is there any food left?"

Huang Rong nodded and said, "Yes, I have reserved some for Young Master."

A moment later, in the kitchen, looking at a bowl full of beef slices and a basket of chopped green peppers on the table, Li Changqing looked at Huang Rong.

"What you mean is a bit different from what I think."

Huang Rong stuck out her tongue and said, "Young Master's cooking skills are so good. Do you want to eat more?"

Seeing this, Li Changqing said nothing more.

To be honest, the dish he cooked for lunch was indeed lacking. Even Li Changqing himself didn't eat enough.

After a while, it was all teaching anyway, so it wasn’t a problem to do a little more.

After a while, the whole kitchen echoed with the sound of ingredients tumbling in the hot pot while cooking.

Just like at noon, as Li Changqing lifted the pot, the flames below seemed to be driven up, and as the ingredients in the pot rolled and rose into the air, they were wrapped in flames.

The aroma quickly filled the kitchen and spread out.

(End of this chapter)